Apesbrain wrote: > I understand your argument but the author's explanation is that MQA -- > being a "process" encompassing the entire recording/playback chain -- > removes the distortions (frequency and temporal) to which we've long > become accustomed in non-MQA source material. (Compare to the Plangent > processing applied to master tape sources on some recent digital > remasters.) Again, I believe it makes sense to withhold judgement > pending personal experience with the format.
Temporal blurring, as the MQA folks quaintly call some nonsense that they made up, is, for lack of a better term, completely made up nonsense. Maybe MQA might improve the sound an original recording made using a MQA enable recording chain but on existing recordings MQA is no more than some fancy equalization, unless of course, MQA is so amazing that it even manages to rewrite the laws of electricity. Audiophiles really need to get an understanding of the basic laws of electricity that apply to ALL electronically reproduced audio. (Hint: don't expect to find any useful information in any high end audio publication.) For example: once the electrical signal leaves the microphone it is no longer an audio signal but simply an electrical signal and as such it is subject to the exact same laws and behaves in the exact same way as any other electrical signal. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105070 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
